Our final day in Istanbul was an easy one. This has been an amazing vacation and it was
nice to take the last day to keep things simple. After talking to a couple who visited the
palace, we felt like we should try it again.
This time we found the ticket counter!
We walked through the Haram quarters where girls from neighboring
villages were bought from their parents or given as gifts from nobles, and sent
to live at the palace.
The palace grounds were very busy and lines were around
every corner. We chose to wait in one
line to enter a treasury containing what they said was St. John the Baptist’s
arm covered with gold, his skull encrusted with jewels, David’s sword, and
Moses’ staff. We saw a sword, a staff,
an arm bone covered with a golden glove, and a portion of a skull covered with
jewels. Were all of these things actually
real relics? Umm, I’m going to go ahead
and say no!
And of course, there were ice cream breaks!
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